Lasting apparatus.



' WQB. KBIGHLEY.

LASTING APPARATUS,

APPLICATION FILED D1102, 1909.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

2.... I II W 7 9iasate e BEST AVAILABLE COPY iorurnin STATES PATENT onnii WILIiIA-TM IB. KEIGI-ILEY, OF VINELANI),'NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE KE: v COMPANY, OF -VIl\l']1lIiAl TlD, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF 'NEVV JERSL- LAS'IING APPARATUS.

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Beiit knownthat I,'W1LLLAM B. KEIGH- LEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in "Vineland, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Lasting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a combination o'fparts whereby a workman is enabled to rapidly draw the upper of a shoe into position and firmly attach it to an insole by means of a suitable adhesive in place of the tacks or other devices previously employed.

I further desire to .provide a relatively simple andconveniently operated apparatus for applyingrsuitable uantities of 'an adhesive to the IlIlSOlG of a shoe so as to provide means whereby 'theproperly stretched upper may be held to said insole prior to the operation whereby it is stitched thereto. It is also desired to provi'de an apparatus whereby .an adhesive may be deposited at the desired point on a shoe during the process of its manufacture, for holding together certain of its parts, and so avoiding the necessity of tacking said parts with the consequent loss of time, danger of breakage of needles,'knives,-and machine parts, in subsequent operations, and the possibility of leaving in the finished .shoe a tack or portion thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for simplifying the methods of lasting. Y

A further object of my invention is to provide a combined upper -stretching and adhesive-applying device, whereby, when the upper has been brought to proper form and tension, a suitable quantity of adhesive may be delivered at the particular spot desired, and the upper thereafter caused to be firmly ,attachedto t l,1e,.ins o le;, it being also desired to provide novel means for heating r ng ab eama m e s i d i ci 4 i "Thesvebi ends T se'e'ure Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 2, 1909. SerialNo. 530,929.

Patented Jan 1 7,

2 and 3, arevertical sections ofthe contrelg ling mechanism for the apparatus of F ig. 1 showing the valve thereof itsj-twp pa l sitions'.

, r .i In the above drawings, 1 represents a pan.

vided with an airtight cover 11 so th ,there: is no danger of leakage from A pipe 12 connected to a soureefoffheated air under a suitable pressure, as 1(; pounds to the square .inch,'is also to the interior of the reservoir ',.Tand i i found necessary, as in cold weather, reservoir may be furtherv heated;by

livered-from a pipe 13. Aplpe 14 3s connected to the upper portion of theireservoi 7 so as to deliver heated air under-pressure to the valve casing 5 to whichit i s 5' nected, and in order that such easing the pliers 1 may be free to move,ft;h 1s is provided with a universal A second pipe 16 leads from the 'b o ijtom the reservoir 7 to the casing,.5

is provided with a universal coiliiiliiigfliii;

there being suitable valves 18 arid, l,9i,,,witl 1 the necessary included in the pipes 14: and 16w1i neb quantities of material passing th may be properly adjusted.

As shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the

ing 5 has a cylindrical bore in; W

mounted a plunger orother suitahle valizei 20., the", $6111.20? of which prejeptsisubstam tiall parallel withthegeneral.

i 9 fiends? t fittings,- clean out BEST AVAILABLE COPY 1Q valve casing is closed by a re- ,crew and has a passage to which 16 is connected. It is also intera second passage 25, into the upper gwhich the pipe 1% enters, while its .nd is connected to a nozzle or outlet- 3, so placed as to be capable of disug material adjacent to the jaws of pliers. The valve 20 when in its ex- ,ie rearward position, shown in Figs. 1

2, has its forward end terminating at 17p rear side of the passage and also has passage or port 27, which under such noriial conditions, is in line with the passage '1 to which is connected the pipe 16. The roportions of the valve 20 are such that hen it is moved forwardly to the maximum :xtent, its port 27 is brought into line with pa'ssage 25, and in order that the valve normally occupy its rear position, I

Fvide an auxiliary passage 28 leading /m the upper portion of the passage 25 to aie space 29 of the cylindrical bore immeliately to the rear of the screw 24; so thattlthou'gh it is possible to push forwardly .hevalve stem 2O against the air pressure Xisting in the forward end of said bore,

. ,.he removal of the force acting to hold it e imand permits it to be immediately reurned to its normal condition by the action f the air delivered through this auxiliary vassag'e 28 and acting upon its forward end.

Under operating conditions, the reservoir is partially filled with pitch, though other suitable adhesives may be employed; so that they fulfil the condition of quickly hardening after application to a shoe and are capable of properly holding the parts together or in the positions in which they are :placed. Heated air under pressure is then admitted to the upper part of the reservoir v through the pipe 12 and if desired further heat may be provided by a gas flame supplied from the pipe 13. Owing to the heat,

the pitch is maintained in a liquid condition, and under the action of the air pressure is these pipes, forces the pitch out of the valve into and out of the nozzle 26. It will be noted from the drawings, that this nozzle pipe 26 is so placed as to discharge said pitch immediately to the rear of the jaws 3 and 3 so that under operating conditions, it is delivered upon the insole of the shoe at the desired point. Immediately thereafter the operator presses the particular spot of the upper which is held under tension down upon the globule or body of pitch thereon, whereby said part is firmly and immovably held in place. In the meantime the removal of the pressure upon the thumb piece 21 of the valve stem 20 permits the valve to be returned to its normal position against the stop 22, under the action of the air pressure acting upon its forward end through the auxiliary air passage 28, and immediately upon its reaching such position, its cavity is again filled with melted pitch from the pipe 16. The flow of air through the pipe let may be regulated by adjusting the valve 19 and similarly the flow of melted pitch through the pipe 16 I may be regulated by the valve 18. If found necessary, the main cylindrical cavity of the valve casing 5 may be opened for cleaning by the removal of the screw 24:; there being also clean out plugs in the pipe 16. After one of the parts of the upper has been fastened to the insoleas above described, another part immediately adjacent thereto is similarly treated, and so on around the edge of the insole until the lasting operation is completed.

Under working conditions, I have found that the use of pitch as above described, satisfactorily holds the upper to the insole, prior to and during the welting or equivalent operation whereby the two parts are permanently sewed together; it being noted that such means of connecting said parts is greatly superior to the tacking ordinarily employed, especially since there is no danger of breakage of the needles nor necessity for anything similar to the well known tack rcmoving operation. Moreover, there is no possibility of injury to the footof a wearer of the shoe, as has been frequently found to occur when broken tackswere accidentally permitted to remain in the finished shoe.

I claim i 1. The combination of a 'portable'flasting tool; a relatively stationary reservoir for an adhesive; with an 'adhesivedelivering device mounted on the tool so as to be capa- 1 arging immediately adjacent the to discharge immediately adjacent the jaws of said tool; with an adhesive container connected to the valve; and an operating stem for the valve having a head extending between the handles.

3. The combination of a lasting tool; an adhesive delivering device connected thereto and placed to discharge immediately adjacent the jaws of said tool; a reservoir connected to said device; and means for iorc ing adhesive out of the delivering device; with a controlling valve for said device hav ing a stem adjacent the handles of the. tool in position to be operated by the hand which grasps said handles.

4. The combination of a lasting tool; a valve casing mounted thereon; an outlet nozzle for said casing; a valve in the casing; and a reservoir for adhesive also connected to the casing.

The combination of a lasting tool; a valve casing mounted thereon; an outlet nozzle for said casing placed to discharge adjacent the tool; a valve in the casing; with a reservoir for adhesive and an air supply pipe both connected to the casing.

6. The combination of a lasting tool; a valve casing mounted thereon; a hand op erated valve for said casing; a reservoir for adhesive; a pipe connecting the reser voir with the casing; and an outlet nozzle for the casing.

7 The combination of a lasting tool; a reservoir for adhesive connected to a source of air supply; with a device for delivering adhesive under pressure at a pointimmediately adjacent the jaws of the tool; the same being mounted upon the lasting tool and connected to be supplied from the rescrvoir.

S. The combination of a lasting tool; a reservoir for adhesive movably connected thereto; a delivery nozzle and controlling valve mounted on the tool; and means for movably coi'mecting said valve with the res ervoir.

9. The combination of a pair of pliers; a

' valve casing mounted thereon; a valve in said casing; a nozzle connected to the easing and placed to deliver material to the rear of the aws of the pliers; with a source of supply of adhesive connected to the casing.

10. The combination of a pair of lasting pliers; a valve casing mounted thereon; a valve having an operating stem extending adjacent to the handles of the pliers and also provided with a nozzle placed to discharge adjacent to the jaws of the pliers; with means for delivering an adhesive to the valve casing.

11. The combination of a lasting tool; a reservoir for adhesive; two pipes respectively leading from the top and bottom of said reservoir; a valve casing mounted on the lasting tool. and entered by said pipes; a delivery pipe for the casing; and a valve i'or controllingthe supply of material from one of said pipes to the delivery nozzle.

12. The combination of a lasting tool with a alve casing mounted thereon and provided with a valve chamber; a delivery 11ozzle connected to said chamber; supply pipes for air and adhesive also communicating with the chamber; a valve having a cavity normally in communication with the adhesive supply pipe but capable of being moved into position to discharge into the delivery pipe; and a reservoir for supply ing adhesive to one of the pipes.

13. The combination of a lasting tool having a casing provided with a valve chamber;

a delivery pipe; air and adhesive supply pipes connected to said chamber; there being an auxiliary passage leading from the air supply pipe to the chamber; a lorfigitudinally movable valve having a cavity normally in communication with the adhesive supply pipe and movable against air pressure. to bring itrinto communication with the delivery pipe; with means for supplying said pipes with air under pressure and with an adhesive respectively.

14:. The combination of a pair of lasting pliers with a valve casing mounted thereon and provided with a valve chamber; pipes connected to said casing for respectively supplying air and an adhesive thereto; a delivery nozzle; a valve in the casing capable of receiving a predetermined amount of adhesive from the adhesive pipe and movable to deliver its charge of adhesive to the de livery pipe; a device for normally maintaining the valve in a predetermined position; and means for limiting the movement of the valve.

15. The combination of a pair of lasting pliers; a reservoir for adhesive movably connected to said pliers; a valve casing having a valve; a discharge nozzle connected to the casing and placed to deliver adhesive adjacent to the jaws of the pliers; with a conduit flexibly connecting the valve casing with the reservoir.

16. The combination of a lasting tool; a casing mounted thereon and having a. valve chamber; air supply and delivery pipes entering said casing in line with each other; an adhesive supply pipe also entering the casing; a valve within the valve chamber provided with a cavity normally in communication with the adhesive supply pipe; said valve being movable to bring its cavity into line with the air pipes; and a source of sup ply of adhesive connected to the adhesive supply pipe.

17. The combination of a lasting tool; a reservoir for adhesive movably connected thereto; means for flexibly supporting said I nozzle mounted thereon; a source of heated reservoir; With a device connected to be air under pressure normally connected to supplied from the reservoir, and mounted said nozzle; a source of supply of an adupon the tool, for delivering a predeterl hesive; and means for delivering a predetermined amount of adhesive adjacent the jaws mined charge of adhesive to the nozzle. of said tool. In testimony whereof I have signed my 18. The combination of a lasting tool; a name to this specification, in the presence of nozzle mounted thereon; sources of supply two subscribing Witnesses. for heated air and an adhesive connected to WVILLIAM B. KEIGI-ILEY.

said nozzle; With means for controlling the Witnesses: delivery of air or adhesive from the nozzle. LEE TAPPEY,

19. The combination of a lasting tool; a GRACE C. Go'r'r. 

